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What is the main purpose of scenario planning?
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What is the key difference between qualitative and quantitative forecasting?
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What does participatory planning aim to achieve?
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What is the purpose of contingency planning?
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What does benchmarking involve?
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What is the purpose of the planning process?
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What is the first step in the planning process?
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What does planning create a platform for in terms of management functions?
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What are the benefits of planning?
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What do strategic plans set?
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What do operational plans identify?
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What does zero-based budgeting prevent?
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What is the process of measuring performance and taking action to ensure desired results called?
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What is the purpose of an after-action review?
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What is the first step in the control process?
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What does an output standard measure?
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What is the key focus of the control process?
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What is the main purpose of taking corrective action in the control process?
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What is the purpose of feedforward control?
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In the context of control, what does the term 'SMART' goals refer to?
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What is the focus of concurrent controls in the work process?
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Which comparison method uses past performance as a basis for evaluating current performance?
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What does the control equation 'Need for action = desired performance – Actual performance' help determine?
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What is the main emphasis of management by exception?
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What is the key feature of bottom-up change?
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What are the phases of planned change ?
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What are the three styles of managing change ?
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What are the reasons for resisting change?
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What does the force-coercion strategy of change involve?
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What does leading transformational change involve?
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Which strategy of change involves direct forcing and political maneuvering?
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What do external forces for change include?
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